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By: Annie Moose

Annie Moose — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:38:52 +0000

Good grief. Some of those mistakes are absolutely elementary, especially the last mistake! A basic understanding of how torrents work makes it obvious that you can’t simply add up multiple trackers. Picking a torrent at random from my Bittorrent client, it has… 9 different trackers. Several are inactive, but there’s at least 3 that are currently active, and that’s not even considering that I could be downloading without any trackers at all!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:47:00 +0000

Hey researchers, seeing as we all have very good knowledge about torrents that makes us your peers.

So don’t forget to share this on your peer-reviewed article list…

By: Stickygoomagnet

Stickygoomagnet — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:10:03 +0000

What a bunch of tardmuffins. Adding seeds? Ra-Tardz.

By: Mathew7

Mathew7 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:24:22 +0000

Statistics: it is a science (at least some colleagues tell me :D ). But statistics ca be skewed any way, by just ignoring (intentionaly) some variables.
So even this statistic can be made harmless by including the “duplicated” seeders.
In every document I’m sure all the used variables are presented, but who can spot the missing 2 out of 500 who would change the number completely?

Statistics are good and reliable in controled enviroments, which torrent sites ARE NOT. These statistics should NOT make it to court, no matter who makes them. The fact that one of the sides actually pays for them makes them even more unreliable.

By: whose ripping who off?

whose ripping who off? — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:04:45 +0000

Second 45′s comments

Though with this particular uni not being an Ivy league equivalent (Ballarat is not a capital city for the benefit of non-Australians) I’m not surprised by this result (payed $$ to produce phoney research report).

A nice PS for your emails Ernesto,
“Thanks for depreciating the value of IT Qualifications from former and current students of the University of Ballarat” [myself included].

By: statistician

statistician — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:57:00 +0000

There are no statistical methods to correct for poor data.

He should know that.

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In Cables A More Savvy Washington | Technology News NOW! — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:07:59 +0000

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By: in.cog.nito

in.cog.nito — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:01:14 +0000

Also: In before MPAA / RIAA use this report to claim billions of lost dollars.

By: in.cog.nito

in.cog.nito — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:59:30 +0000

They don’t give a shit, they want to make it look as bad as possible and skew as much data to their view to make it seem as if billions of dollars are being lost in revenue.